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Burmese vs Yoruba


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Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Myanmar  
Nigeria  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Mon  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
Yoruba Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Owo and Itsekiri languages  

Derived From
Pali Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
12  
9

How Many Consonants
33  
23
17  
7

Scripts
Tangut  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
e dupe  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
Bawo ni o se wa  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
Kasun layọ o  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
ka a ale  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
e kaasan  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
e kaaro  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
Jowo  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
binu  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
bye  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
24
500,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Ede  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
30
800,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Intha  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
30
10,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
29
0.42 %  
32

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
Not Available  

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
Yorùbá  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Yariba, Yooba  

French Name
birman  
yoruba  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Yoruba-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Yoruba people  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
4 BC  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Kwa  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
43  
32
49  
36

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
yor  

ISO 639 3
mya  
yor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sout3159  
yoru1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Burmese and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Yoruba language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Burmese and Yoruba Language History.

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Burmese and Yoruba Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Burmese and Yoruba greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Yoruba language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Yoruba word for "Thank You" is e dupe. Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Yoruba Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Burmese vs Yoruba Difficulty

The Burmese vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Yoruba Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Burmese and Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.

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